List of state leaders in 1983
1982 state leaders - Events of 1983 - 1984 state leaders - State leaders by year
See also:
- List of religious leaders in 1983
- List of international organization leaders in 1983
- List of colonial governors in 1983
- List of foreign ministers in 1983
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Africa
- Algeria -
- President - Chadli Bendjedid, President of Algeria (1979-1992)
- Prime Minister - Mohamed Ben Ahmed Abdelghani, Prime Minister of Algeria (1979-1984)
- Angola -
- President - José Eduardo dos Santos, President of Angola (10 September 1979-present)
- Burundi - Jean-Baptiste Bagaza, President of Burundi (1976-1987)
- Djibouti -
- President - Hassan Gouled Aptidon, President of Djibouti (1977-1999)
- Prime Minister - Barkat Gourad Hamadou, Prime Minister of Djibouti (1978-2001)
- Ethiopia - Mengistu Haile Mariam, Chairmen of the Provisional Military Administrative Council (1977-1987), President of Ethiopia (1987-1991)
- Gabon
- President - Omar Bongo, President of Gabon (1967-present)
- Prime Minister - Léon Mébiame, Prime Minister of Gabon (1975-1994)
- Guinea
- President - Ahmed Sékou Touré, President of Guinea (1958-1984)
- Prime Minister - Louis Lansana Beavogui, Prime Minister of Guinea (1972-1984)
- Kenya - Daniel arap Moi, President of Kenya (1978-2002)
- Liberia - Samuel K. Doe, President of Liberia (1980-1990)
- Rwanda - Juvénal Habyarimana, President of Rwanda (1973-1994)
- Somalia - Muhammad Siad Barre, President of Somalia (1969 - 1991)
- Uganda -
- President - Milton Obote, President of Uganda (1966-1971, 1980-1985)
- Prime Minister - Otema Alimadi, Prime Minister of Uganda (1980-1985)
- Zambia
- President - Kenneth Kaunda, President of Zambia (1964-1991)
- Prime Minister - Nalumino Mundia, Prime Minister of Zambia (1981-1985)
- Zimbabwe
- President - Canaan Banana, President of Zimbabwe (1980-1987)
- Prime Minister - Robert Mugabe, Prime Minister of Zimbabwe (1980-1987)
Asia
- Afghanistan
- President - Babrak Karmal, President of Afghanistan (1979-1986)
- Prime Minister - Sultan Ali Keshtmand, Prime Minister of Afghanistan (1981-1988)
- Brunei - Hassanal Bolkiah, Sultan of Brunei (1967–present)
- People's Republic of China
- Head of State -
- Ye Jianying, Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (de facto Head of State, 1978-1983)
- Li Xiannian, President of the People's Republic of China (1983-1988)
- Premier - Zhao Ziyang, Premier of the People's Republic of China (1980-1987)
- Head of Communist Party - Hu Yaobang, General Secretary of the Communist Party of China (1980-1987)
- De facto leader - Deng Xiaoping (late 1970s - early 1990s)
- Head of State -
- India -
- President - Zail Singh, President of India (1982-1987)
- Prime Minister - Indira Gandhi, Prime Minister of India (1980-1984)
- Iran
- Supreme Leader - Ruhollah Khomeini, Supreme Leader of Iran (1979–1989)
- President - Ali Khamenei, President of Iran (1981–1989)
- Prime Minister - Mir-Hossein Mousavi, Prime Minister of Iran (1981–1989)
- Japan -
- Monarch - Showa Emperor, Emperor of Japan (1926-1989)
- Prime Minister - Yasuhiro Nakasone, Prime Minister of Japan (1982-1987)
- Republic of Korea -
- President - Chun Doo-hwan, President of the Republic of Korea (1980-1988)
- Prime Minister -
- Kim Sang-hyup, Prime Minister of the Republic of Korea (1982-1983)
- Chin Iee-chong, Prime Minister of the Republic of Korea (1983-1984)
- Nepal
- Monarch - Birendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev, King of Nepal (1972–2001)
- Prime Minister -
- Pakistan -
- President - Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, President of Pakistan (1978-1988)
- Head of Government - Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, Chief Martial Law Administrator (1977-1985)
- The Philippines
- President - Ferdinand Marcos, President of the Philippines (1965-1986)
- Singapore -
- President - C. V. Devan Nair, President of Singapore (1981-1985)
- Prime Minister - Lee Kuan Yew, Prime Minister of Singapore (1959-1990)
- Taiwan (Republic of China)
- President - Chiang Ching-kuo, President of the Republic of China (1978-1988)
- Premier - Sun Yün-suan, President of the Executive Yuan (1978-1984)
Australia and Oceania
- Australia
- Monarch - Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia (1952-present)
- Governor-General - Sir Ninian Stephen, Governor-General of Australia (1982-1989)
- Prime Minister -
- New Zealand
- Monarch - Elizabeth II
- Governor-General - David Beattie, Governor-General of New Zealand (1980-1985)
- Prime Minister - Robert Muldoon, Prime Minister of New Zealand (1975-1984)
Europe
- Albania -
- Communist Party Leader - Enver Hoxha, First Secretary of the Albanian Party of Labor (1944-1985)
- Head of State - Ramiz Alia, Chairman of the Presidium of the People's Assembly of Albania (1982-1991)
- Premier - Adil Çarçani, Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Albania (1982-1991)
- Denmark
- Monarch - Margrethe II, Queen of Denmark (1972-present)
- Prime Minister - Poul Schlüter, Prime Minister of Denmark (1982-1993)
- Finland
- President - Mauno Koivisto, President of Finland, (1982-1994)
- Prime Minister - Kalevi Sorsa, Prime Minister of Finland, (1972-1975, 1977-1979, 1982-1987)
- France -
- President - François Mitterrand, President of France (1981-1995)
- Prime Minister - Pierre Mauroy, Prime Minister of France (1981-1984)
- Federal Republic of Germany -
- President - Karl Carstens, President of the Federal Republic of Germany (1979-1984)
- Chancellor - Helmut Kohl, Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany (1982-1998)
- German Democratic Republic -
- Communist Party Leader - Erich Honecker, General Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (1971-1989)
- Head of State - Erich Honecker, Chairman of the Council of State (1976-1989)
- Premier - Willi Stoph, Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1976-1989)
- Ireland
- President - Patrick Hillery, President of Ireland (1976-1990)
- Prime Minister - Garret FitzGerald, Taoiseach (1982-1987)
- Italy -
- President - Sandro Pertini, President of Italy (1978-1985)
- Prime Minister -
- Poland
- Communist Party Leader - Wojciech Jaruzelski, First Secretary of the Central Committee of Polish United Workers' Party (1981-1989)
- Head of State - Council of State, Chairman - Henryk Jabłoński (1972-1985)
- Premier - Wojciech Jaruzelski, President of the Council of Ministers (1981-1985)
- United Kingdom -
- Monarch - Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom (1952-present)
- Prime Minister - Margaret Thatcher, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1979-1990)
- Vatican City
- Pope - John Paul II, Bishop of Rome (1978-2005)
- Secretary of State - Agostino Cardinal Casaroli, Cardinal Secretary of State (1979-1990)
North America and the Caribbean
- Canada
- Monarch - Elizabeth II, Queen of Canada (1962-present)
- Governor General - Edward Schreyer, Governor General of Canada (1979-1984)
- Prime Minister - Pierre Trudeau, Prime Minister of Canada (1980-1984)
- For more see 1983 Canadian incumbents
- Cuba - Fidel Castro, President of Cuba (1976-present)
- Haiti - Jean-Claude Duvalier, President of Haiti (1971-1986)
- Trinidad and Tobago -
- President - Ellis Clarke, President of Trinidad and Tobago (1976-1987)
- Prime Minister - George Chambers, Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago (1981-1986)
- United States - Ronald Reagan, President of the United States (1981-1989)
Middle East
- Egypt -
- President - Hosni Mubarak, President of Egypt (1981-present)
- Prime Minister - Ahmad Fuad Mohieddin, Prime Minister of Egypt (1982-1984)
- Israel
- President -
- Prime Minister -
- Oman - Qaboos Bin Said, Sultan of Oman (1970-)
- People's Democratic Republic of Yemen
- Yemen Arab Republic
South America
- Bolivia
- President -
- Guido Vildoso Calderón, President of Bolivia (1982-1983)
- Hernán Siles Zuazo, President of Bolivia (1983-1985)
- President -
- Brazil
- President - Gen. João Baptista de Oliveira Figueiredo, President of Brazil (1979-1985)
- Chile
- President - Augusto Pinochet, President of Chile (1974-1990)
- Paraguay
- President - Alfredo Stroessner, President of Paraguay (1954-1989)